I hope you don't take this wrong, because your circumstances are mostly different from this.So I just dumped a ton of cans and can lids out of my bag. I think the problem was letting the film unspool in the bag with this debris, leading to scratches mostly in the non-emulsion side.
Yes, there was a real problem behind the viewfinder on this one!I hope you don't take this wrong, because your circumstances are mostly different from this.
When I sold cameras, customers would regularly come into the store and declare that there was something wrong with the product we sold them.
Sometimes there was, but other times .......
Yes, there was a real problem behind the viewfinder on this one!
So I was recently given a Paterson tank with two 35mm reels by a forum member here. I had used a Yankee Clipper for many years, and when it finally broke I went to using the Paterson exclusively. Since then I've been noticing a lot of hairline scratches on my negatives. They're very fine (naked eye can't see them on the film) and they go diagonally and horizontally relative to a landscape-oriented frame, never quite vertical. At first I thought it was a problem with my new Zenit, which was one of the first things I developed film from in the new tank. It was the first one where I noticed this pattern of scratching at any rate. Now, however, I've developed film from several cameras and cameras that never scratched my film before are showing the same scratches. I have not changed emulsions (Fuji X-Tra as always) and the cameras do not show any damage that might be scratching the film.
So it's the tank, I have to assume. Am I loading the film with poor technique? Is there something I can do to stop it?
I understood most plastic reels do, however, unless they're Jobo.
I hope you don't take this wrong, because your circumstances are mostly different from this.
When I sold cameras, customers would regularly come into the store and declare that there was something wrong with the product we sold them.
Sometimes there was, but other times .......
No, my fingernails are extremely short and I touch the film as little as possible. I genuinely don't think so at leastDiagonal scratches are unlikely to come from a camera.
Are they from your fingernails?
I didn't realize that these came apart. I didn't think to twist them past the catch.Jobo plastic reels come apart just fine, and are adjustable just like the paterson reels. I have several dozen of them.
I have a dark room set up. It's not difficult. I just tacked and taped up dark fabric on the window and hung a dark blanket on the outside of the door. It has a couple leaks but it's dark enough to develop sheet film in.I've had good luck loading film at night in an upstairs bathroom, the door is "weatherstripped" and a rolled up towel against the sill crack stops a potential leak. I put the 35mm film, an old fashioned bottle opener to remove the cassette end, a pair of small scissors to trim off the film tongue, the Paterson reel or reels,the spindle, the tank, and the tank lid, of course. I put all these into a darkroom tray suitable for 11x14 paper. This is to prevent - I hope! - dropping something onto the floor! It is truly amazing how BIG a bathroom floor is in total darkness! So far this regimen has worked well.... BTW, long experience suggests that tiny slivers of light visible after 10 minutes or so seem to have no effect on the film, ASA 400 or below, nevertheless I do my best to avoid such.
After the proper wash I treat the film to Photoflo, attach the free end to a line stretched across the bathtub, and gently pull the film from the reel, without "opening" the reel. I have an understanding and supportive spouse, she has no problem with running the reels through the dishwasher.
Note! Tell other residents of your house to stay away while you're loading film!
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